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The SkyScout is a revolutionary handheld device that uses advanced GPS technology with point and click convenience to identify thousands of stars, planets, constellations and more.

Identify Simply point the SkyScout at any star in the sky and click the target button. The SkyScout will tell you what object you are looking at.

Locate To locate a star or planet, select the object's name from the menu and follow the directional arrows through the viewfinder. SkyScout tells you when you are on target. It's that easy!

Learn Once you have targeted an object the real fun begins. The SkyScout includes entertaining and educational audio and text information, including facts, trivia, history and mythology about our most popular celestial objects. A fun learning tool for all ages, the SkyScout personal planetarium puts the knowledge of an expert astronomer in the palm of your hand.

SkyScout features

Identifies celestial objects with the click of a button.

Locates over 6,000 stars, planets and constellations from built-in celestial database and provides scientific information for each object.

Provides comprehensive text and audio descriptions providing history, mythology and other entertaining information for the most popular objects.

Tonight's Highlights: a customized list of the 20 best objects to view for your exact date, time and location anywhere in the world.

Constellation lessons: if the star you identify or locate is part of a constellation like the Big Dipper, you can actually take a guided tour through all the stars in that constellation and even see an onscreen map of the constellation.

Built-in field guide includes:

Introduction to astronomy: a six part audio lesson on the origin and history of astronomy

Glossary of terms: text defining popular astronomy terms including planets, comets, galaxies and more

Great Astronomers: text bios on some of the world's greatest astronomers including Galileo, Einstein and Copernicus

Man-made space objects: text description of some of the coolest objects man has sent into space including the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope and the Space Shuttle

Comet guide: text descriptions about history's most famous comets including Halley's Comet and Comet Hale-Bop

SD card slot: for optional Sky Tour audio presentations that provide hours of entertainment on a variety of topics

USB port: allows database to be updated with new objects as they are discovered, comets, etc.

Simple enough for all ages: just turn it on and it's ready to use

Built-in help menu: includes a quick start instruction guide for using the SkyScout

Bring it anywhere: compact and light design makes it easy to carry and durable construction makes it safe for rugged environments

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The "Celestron SkyScout" is one of coolest stargazing aides we have come across. We have never been able to get our Meade XTA90 telescope properly aligned to automatically find celestial objects and this has been a point of contention between my wife and I (she thinks I should be able to "fix" it). The solution was to buy the SkyScout.

The SkyScout worked perfectly right out of the box for us, the GPS satellite acquisition was amazingly fast, and the unit literally pointed out our first target (Venus) in less than 5 minutes from the moment we powered it up. We also like the one touch "Target" button that can identify the object the unit is pointed at.

The "Tonight's Highlights" is a very nice feature that presents a list of the best viewing targets for the current day. We were able to find several galaxies that we hadn't viewed before, which was very exciting for us and our kids. Speaking of group viewing, I recommend using the Celestron 93985 SkyScout Speaker (Black) if more than one person is going to be around when using the unit. This is especially true if you are going to be using the SkyScout's informative audio guides. The SkyScout does come with earbuds, but no one really likes to share them.

So far this seems to be a great product. I am just going to pass on some information to those who wear bi-focal glasses. I wear noline bi-focals, which can cause problems when locating a star or planet through the SkyScout. If you look with your distant lenses at the star/planet, the sighting rings and flashing arrows inside the SkyScout can be hard to see. I usually use my near vision lenses to align the sighting rings & watch the flashing arrows until they locate the star or planet. If then I can't see it with my near lenses, I move my head slightly to use my distant lenses to find it, while still trying to hold the SkyScout in the same alignment. If alignment is off it will naturally locate wrong star/planet. Takes a little practice, especially on dim stars and planets or those close together. You can vary the brightness on the rings to help, but remember the brighter they are uses more battery power. I set mine so I can just make out the closest ring, which is hardest for me to see. Also play with the distance your SkyScout is from your eyes. On the other hand if you are trying to identify the star/planet, you naturally use your distant lenses to see it. It's then hard to see the closest inner ring clearly so you can make sure you have both rings aligned. This makes sure you are centered on the star/planet before you push the target button. If you have stars, or planets and stars close together, it's also possible it will identify the wrong one because of alignment. Again how dim the star/planet is plays a role, the brightness of the rings, and how far the SkyScout is from your eyes.

Hope this gives a little help to the bi-focal group. This is something everyone will have to figure out what works best for them.

When I first saw the SkyScout back in 2007, I thought it would be cool to have, but didn't think it was worth $400. When the price fell below $200, I had to have it. So far, I'm very happy with it. I haven't had any issues. Before using it, I upgraded to the latest firmware. Some people claim you can't use rechargeable batteries, but I'm using NiMH batteries without a problem. I wish the battery cover didn't screw closed though. It is a slight inconvenience. In my tight backyard surrounded by other houses, I locked onto the satellites with no problem. Once in awhile it may take 2 attempts, but it's a quick process. To locate a star or planet, select the object's name from the menu and follow the directional arrows through the viewfinder. To "identify" an object, simply point the SkyScout at nearly any star in the sky and click the "target" button. The SkyScout will identify and display the object you are looking at. Once you've found an object, it gives you audio and text information, including facts, history and mythology. The SkyScout seems accurate, especially "identify", and I haven't been able to confirm it's made any mistakes. All in all, I really like it at its current price.

It works very well, quite amazing actually. Lots of fun and good info furnished. Would be very valuable to teach kids about the stars. My only complaint is that it requires the use of ear buds, so it is impossible for more than one person to hear the spoken information. I overcame this by buying a small speaker and plugging that into the unit instead of the ear buds, makes it much more fun when everyone can hear the info. Had it not been for this shortcoming, I would have given it 5 stars.

This is a great help in locating and identifying objects in the night sky. It picks up satellites in a couple of minutes and the text and audio description is very helpful with quick facts about the object you are observing. This isn't a magnifier so you need some good binoculars or a telescope to observe once you've located the object. I like to use it to quickly identify what star clusters or nebula are in the sky at the month, date and time I'm observing so i can then slew over with my goto scope. It is an alternative to star charts and I know the experienced astronomers consider this a weak toy but it has helped me find objects so much faster than I would at my current experience in star observing. The only downside is the batteries it chews up but if you look online you can get some great deals. I would highly recommend the sky scout.